MD Connector » health http://www.mdconnector.org Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 From Crawling to Running: Helping Medical Students Understand and Implement Innovative Chronic Disease Management Techniques (Christopher Scuderi DO) http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/02/from-crawling-to-running-helping-medical-students-understand-and-implement-innovative-chronic-disease-management-techniques-christopher-scuderi-do/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/02/from-crawling-to-running-helping-medical-students-understand-and-implement-innovative-chronic-disease-management-techniques-christopher-scuderi-do/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/02/from-crawling-to-running-helping-medical-students-understand-and-implement-innovative-chronic-disease-management-techniques-christopher-scuderi-do/ Presentation for Conference on Medical Student Education (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)

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From Crawling to Running: Helping Medical Students Understand and Implement Innovative Chronic Disease Management Techniques (Christopher Scuderi DO)

]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/02/from-crawling-to-running-helping-medical-students-understand-and-implement-innovative-chronic-disease-management-techniques-christopher-scuderi-do/feed/ 0 POR launches PharmaCONNECT desktop drug reference database http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/por-launches-pharmaconnect-desktop-drug-reference-database/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/por-launches-pharmaconnect-desktop-drug-reference-database/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:42:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/por-launches-pharmaconnect-desktop-drug-reference-database/ Physicians Office Resource (POR), a trusted online and print resource for over 360,000 U.S. physicians, today announced the first edition of its Desktop Drug Reference Database as a free resource for physicians, residents, medical students and allied healthcare professionals. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

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]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/grand-designs/feed/ 0 Wessex Diabetes and Endocrinology Taster Evening http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/wessex-diabetes-and-endocrinology-taster-evening/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/wessex-diabetes-and-endocrinology-taster-evening/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/wessex-diabetes-and-endocrinology-taster-evening/ The Wessex Deanery are organising a taster evening for all grades of doctors and medical students interested in entering the speciality of endocrinology and diabetes.

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]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/wessex-diabetes-and-endocrinology-taster-evening/feed/ 0 Fresh push in public health drive http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/fresh-push-in-public-health-drive/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/fresh-push-in-public-health-drive/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:12:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/fresh-push-in-public-health-drive/ Project leader highlights key role of medical students (Source: BMA daily feed)

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]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/fresh-push-in-public-health-drive/feed/ 0 Attention Clerkship Directors: Try NeuroSAE Medical Student Edition FREE! http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/attention-clerkship-directors-try-neurosae-medical-student-edition-free/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/attention-clerkship-directors-try-neurosae-medical-student-edition-free/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:28:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/attention-clerkship-directors-try-neurosae-medical-student-edition-free/ Clerkship Directors are encouraged to try a new version of the AAN’s popular online self-assessment examination for medical students on a FREE trial basis.

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Attention Clerkship Directors: Try NeuroSAE Medical Student Edition FREE!

]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/attention-clerkship-directors-try-neurosae-medical-student-edition-free/feed/ 0 Lack of ZZZs May Fuel Appetite http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/lack-of-zzzs-may-fuel-appetite/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/lack-of-zzzs-may-fuel-appetite/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/lack-of-zzzs-may-fuel-appetite/ Not getting enough sleep may lead to weight gain over time, researchers say (Source: The Doctors Lounge – Neurology)

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]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/lack-of-zzzs-may-fuel-appetite/feed/ 0 Medical Student Documentation in the EMR: Controversial AAMC Recommendations and Practical Educational Issues (Aaron Michelfelder MD, FAAFP, FAAMA) http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/medical-student-documentation-in-the-emr-controversial-aamc-recommendations-and-practical-educational-issues-aaron-michelfelder-md-faafp-faama-2/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/medical-student-documentation-in-the-emr-controversial-aamc-recommendations-and-practical-educational-issues-aaron-michelfelder-md-faafp-faama-2/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/medical-student-documentation-in-the-emr-controversial-aamc-recommendations-and-practical-educational-issues-aaron-michelfelder-md-faafp-faama-2/ These are materials presented at the 2012 STFM Medical Student Education Conference in Long Beach California. Here is the description:The AAMC Compliance Officer’s Forum recently published recommendations for medical student documentation in the EMR, which could turn this topic on its ear. This presentation will begin with a description of the new AAMC recommendations, followed by brief descriptions of the policies for medical student documentation at three major medical schools

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Medical Student Documentation in the EMR: Controversial AAMC Recommendations and Practical Educational Issues (Aaron Michelfelder MD, FAAFP, FAAMA)

]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/medical-student-documentation-in-the-emr-controversial-aamc-recommendations-and-practical-educational-issues-aaron-michelfelder-md-faafp-faama-2/feed/ 0 Pensions Offer Rejected By British Medical Association http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/pensions-offer-rejected-by-british-medical-association/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/pensions-offer-rejected-by-british-medical-association/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:00:00 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/pensions-offer-rejected-by-british-medical-association/ On January 18, 2010, the British Medical Association (BMA) urged the government to reconsider their plans to make changes to the NHS Pension Scheme after the BMA received an overwhelming call from doctors to reject the proposed changes, with a willingness to take some form of industrial action.

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]]> http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/pensions-offer-rejected-by-british-medical-association/feed/ 0 Experience and Opinions of 4th Year Medical Students in Acquiring Competence With Basic Procedural Skills http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/experience-and-opinions-of-4th-year-medical-students-in-acquiring-competence-with-basic-procedural-skills/ http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/experience-and-opinions-of-4th-year-medical-students-in-acquiring-competence-with-basic-procedural-skills/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:29:02 +0000 MD Connector http://www.mdconnector.org/2012/01/experience-and-opinions-of-4th-year-medical-students-in-acquiring-competence-with-basic-procedural-skills/ Introduction: The Association of American Medical Colleges has identified key procedural skills that graduating medical students should acquire. Despite this educational goal, there is data to show that students are unprepared to perform even basic medical procedures upon graduation from medical school. Our aim was to characterize the experience and opinions of graduating students in acquiring these skills and elucidate predictors of competence.

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